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New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday issued notice on the appeal filed by four women wrestlers against a magistrate's verdict acquitting former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case. The criminal appeal filed September 25 has also assailed the acquittal of...

Kathmandu: Twelve people, including climbers, went missing Sunday after an avalanche struck the Himlung Himal peak in Nepal’s Manang district, police said. The avalanche at the base camp of the 7,126 metre Himlung Himal peak in the Nar Phu area buried a tent where nine...

New Delhi/Kabul: India Sunday delivered another consignment of life-saving medicines and medical consumables in Kabul as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. "India’s humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan continues. Another consignment from India has reached Kabul, including life-saving medicines and medical...

Islamabad/Karachi: Pakistani security forces killed 73 terrorists in operations across the restive Balochistan province over the past few days, the army said Sunday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani Army, said the intelligence-based operations were conducted over the past 96...

New Delhi: The BJP Sunday said that over one crore duplicate entries and 2.8 crore names of deceased voters were removed from electoral rolls across 31 states and UTs under the SIR exercise, which is "exposing the rot", and those who benefited from dirty rolls...

Bukavu: A vessel carrying traders capsized in Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 12 and leaving dozens missing, authorities said Sunday. The vessel was carrying more than 50 people when it capsized Saturday night on Idjwi Island, in South Kivu province, said Felix...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday backed the Cockroach Janta Party's proposed October 2 protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying efforts to improve accountability in the country and the electoral process deserved support. While he expressed his support for CJP's proposed agitation,...

Guwahati: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke Sunday claimed that the outfit's co-convenor Ashutosh Ranka and several of his supporters have been detained by police here and taken to an unknown location ahead of a "small volunteers meet-up". Ranka, who reached Guwahati a day ago,...

New Delhi: State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and several other public sector banks are open Sunday (September 27), giving customers an opportunity to complete their banking work before a proposed three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28...

New Delhi: Supreme Court will Monday hear a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over Rs 2,000. Ending nearly six years of fully free UPI payments, the government has introduced a 0.4 per...